Figure 18. Quits, layoffs and discharges, and other separations, total nonfarm, seasonally adjusted, December 2000–December 2015 (in thousands)
Month and yearQuitsLayoffs and dischargesOther separations

Dec 2000

 3,012 1,891 332

Jan 2001

 3,448 2,196 423

Feb 2001

 3,241 1,849 293

Mar 2001

 3,154 2,144 357

Apr 2001

 3,214 1,917 414

May 2001

 3,085 2,012 342

Jun 2001

 3,003 1,900 349

Jul 2001

 2,959 1,949 396

Aug 2001

 2,869 1,863 411

Sep 2001

 2,738 2,042 389

Oct 2001

 2,861 2,256 384

Nov 2001

 2,604 2,118 332

Dec 2001

 2,531 1,878 374

Jan 2002

 2,888 1,884 431

Feb 2002

 2,626 1,982 345

Mar 2002

 2,491 1,751 366

Apr 2002

 2,713 1,904 409

May 2002

 2,699 1,947 333

Jun 2002

 2,613 1,823 358

Jul 2002

 2,710 1,985 423

Aug 2002

 2,649 1,842 369

Sep 2002

 2,626 1,879 386

Oct 2002

 2,578 1,865 362

Nov 2002

 2,462 1,912 387

Dec 2002

 2,565 1,952 401

Jan 2003

 2,514 2,002 499

Feb 2003

 2,471 1,972 337

Mar 2003

 2,403 1,833 350

Apr 2003

 2,406 2,007 368

May 2003

 2,380 1,965 325

Jun 2003

 2,382 2,066 335

Jul 2003

 2,390 2,021 340

Aug 2003

 2,406 1,996 346

Sep 2003

 2,479 1,904 369

Oct 2003

 2,529 1,896 363

Nov 2003

 2,459 1,824 328

Dec 2003

 2,472 1,930 330

Jan 2004

 2,436 1,954 404

Feb 2004

 2,443 1,831 297

Mar 2004

 2,608 1,933 333

Apr 2004

 2,664 1,902 334

May 2004

 2,467 1,832 354

Jun 2004

 2,679 1,846 355

Jul 2004

 2,714 1,806 365

Aug 2004

 2,691 1,926 367

Sep 2004

 2,586 1,851 371

Oct 2004

 2,661 1,755 365

Nov 2004

 2,811 1,949 339

Dec 2004

 2,700 1,964 326

Jan 2005

 2,844 1,939 394

Feb 2005

 2,660 1,979 367

Mar 2005

 2,841 1,934 296

Apr 2005

 2,801 1,848 321

May 2005

 2,882 1,878 346

Jun 2005

 2,821 1,951 302

Jul 2005

 2,794 1,827 296

Aug 2005

 2,966 1,882 372

Sep 2005

 3,053 1,907 345

Oct 2005

 2,967 1,666 327

Nov 2005

 2,920 1,689 341

Dec 2005

 2,805 1,718 422

Jan 2006

 2,954 1,670 419

Feb 2006

 2,975 1,671 338

Mar 2006

 3,004 1,650 383

Apr 2006

 2,789 1,795 428

May 2006

 3,056 1,887 475

Jun 2006

 3,050 1,672 414

Jul 2006

 2,977 1,767 439

Aug 2006

 3,003 1,621 377

Sep 2006

 2,940 1,706 361

Oct 2006

 2,931 1,830 411

Nov 2006

 3,069 1,870 351

Dec 2006

 3,046 1,725 337

Jan 2007

 2,988 1,746 410

Feb 2007

 2,993 1,750 352

Mar 2007

 2,989 1,788 346

Apr 2007

 2,901 1,879 357

May 2007

 3,008 1,755 318

Jun 2007

 2,841 1,851 373

Jul 2007

 2,947 1,759 412

Aug 2007

 2,950 1,811 343

Sep 2007

 2,643 2,079 309

Oct 2007

 2,884 1,917 328

Nov 2007

 2,777 1,919 334

Dec 2007

 2,792 1,770 363

Jan 2008

 2,831 1,843 332

Feb 2008

 2,789 1,908 313

Mar 2008

 2,575 1,835 352

Apr 2008

 2,882 1,845 394

May 2008

 2,602 1,842 285

Jun 2008

 2,662 1,974 264

Jul 2008

 2,550 1,894 269

Aug 2008

 2,416 2,075 324

Sep 2008

 2,446 1,963 342

Oct 2008

 2,412 2,138 346

Nov 2008

 2,063 2,190 352

Dec 2008

 2,104 2,405 305

Jan 2009

 2,043 2,573 358

Feb 2009

 1,906 2,501 266

Mar 2009

 1,794 2,433 308

Apr 2009

 1,734 2,559 362

May 2009

 1,740 2,121 286

Jun 2009

 1,782 2,115 295

Jul 2009

 1,726 2,273 298

Aug 2009

 1,676 2,063 321

Sep 2009

 1,639 2,127 318

Oct 2009

 1,671 1,964 317

Nov 2009

 1,784 1,823 267

Dec 2009

 1,697 1,994 298

Jan 2010

 1,668 1,874 352

Feb 2010

 1,724 1,790 317

Mar 2010

 1,793 1,830 326

Apr 2010

 1,914 1,676 302

May 2010

 1,790 1,733 307

Jun 2010

 1,940 1,959 325

Jul 2010

 1,848 2,081 350

Aug 2010

 1,904 1,748 357

Sep 2010

 1,921 1,768 337

Oct 2010

 1,852 1,645 287

Nov 2010

 1,778 1,753 311

Dec 2010

 1,937 1,776 312

Jan 2011

 1,825 1,710 373

Feb 2011

 1,872 1,652 314

Mar 2011

 1,967 1,709 304

Apr 2011

 1,925 1,676 323

May 2011

 2,037 1,692 306

Jun 2011

 1,949 1,826 319

Jul 2011

 1,981 1,749 352

Aug 2011

 2,087 1,715 318

Sep 2011

 2,046 1,756 313

Oct 2011

 1,953 1,707 352

Nov 2011

 1,949 1,757 296

Dec 2011

 1,955 1,740 299

Jan 2012

 1,994 1,711 327

Feb 2012

 2,083 1,777 314

Mar 2012

 2,162 1,654 314

Apr 2012

 2,103 1,840 305

May 2012

 2,185 1,829 316

Jun 2012

 2,189 1,819 367

Jul 2012

 2,114 1,663 367

Aug 2012

 2,174 1,825 353

Sep 2012

 1,973 1,750 339

Oct 2012

 2,032 1,779 366

Nov 2012

 2,056 1,773 316

Dec 2012

 2,102 1,615 352

Jan 2013

 2,316 1,614 398

Feb 2013

 2,257 1,599 307

Mar 2013

 2,078 1,711 317

Apr 2013

 2,298 1,717 342

May 2013

 2,253 1,733 372

Jun 2013

 2,247 1,637 393

Jul 2013

 2,369 1,642 363

Aug 2013

 2,384 1,716 414

Sep 2013

 2,396 1,760 349

Oct 2013

 2,399 1,539 324

Nov 2013

 2,378 1,531 356

Dec 2013

 2,309 1,715 360

Jan 2014

 2,360 1,751 365

Feb 2014

 2,421 1,672 372

Mar 2014

 2,419 1,641 386

Apr 2014

 2,442 1,677 379

May 2014

 2,516 1,650 396

Jun 2014

 2,467 1,697 379

Jul 2014

 2,578 1,809 369

Aug 2014

 2,543 1,673 418

Sep 2014

 2,787 1,643 400

Oct 2014

 2,767 1,760 387

Nov 2014

 2,662 1,666 326

Dec 2014

 2,655 1,749 436

Jan 2015

 2,770 1,756 357

Feb 2015

 2,703 1,683 354

Mar 2015

 2,722 1,907 356

Apr 2015

 2,681 1,798 407

May 2015

 2,758 1,702 410

Jun 2015

 2,746 1,783 407

Jul 2015

 2,724 1,664 405

Aug 2015

 2,855 1,693 403

Sep 2015

 2,748 1,842 365

Oct 2015

 2,797 1,721 394

Nov 2015

 2,862 1,718 378

Dec 2015

 3,088 1,672 368

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.